Corey’s “Free Ride” Blog: Memento-style

You know the feeling when you find something that you didn’t even know you lost?

11am – 12:43pm: Okanagan Dodge (2690 Highway 97)
The very first Free Ride 103 minute remote was at Okanagan Dodge. I remember it well, as I was feeling a bit pressed for time because I took the Jeep for a wash. I arrived on time, I met last year’s Jeep winner Mark, and the contest started out with a bang.
Weeks later, the boss Russell texted me, “Do you know where the spare tire cover is?”  I hadn’t seen it for a long time.  I began looking through all of my photos to find out when was the last time I was seen with my protective friend.  I felt like Guy Pierce from the film Memento. I went all the way back to the beginning, to Okanagan Dodge on Day 1, and it was not on the Jeep when I took a photo with Mark.  We all figured it must’ve flown off while I was driving, or some rascally kids took it.  Turns out it was Option C, it came off at the car wash!  Now it’s back on the spare, advertising the contest, looking like a swimmer with a giant head squeezing into an Extra Small swimcap.

3 – 4:43pm: Kelowna Pool Tables (1823 Harvey Ave.)
I love when businesses have a little fun with the Free Ride contest!  Monique and Chantelle at Kelowna Pool Tables gamble with you; whatever you’re buying during the 103 minutes that I’m there with the Jeep, they offer you the “Dart Board Discount.”  Throw a dart, and whatever number you land on (1 – 20), you get that much percent off your purchase!  Don’t worry, I asked if triple-20 gets 60% off; it doesn’t, which makes sense because that’s a bit extreme; they would have dart hall sharks (such a thing?) lining up out the door scoring triple-20s, and I am not about to bankrupt this family.  So remember the DBD for next time I am there for the Free Ride!